Upper Silesian Museum, Local museum in Ratingen, Germany.

The Upper Silesian Museum is a local museum in Ratingen dedicated to the history and culture of the Upper Silesia region. Its collections display objects, documents, and artwork that show how people lived and how the area developed over time.

The museum was founded in 1983 to preserve the story of Upper Silesia, a region with a complicated past between Germany and Poland. Over centuries, this area changed hands and cultures many times, shaping its identity.

The museum brings Upper Silesian traditions to life through its exhibitions, showing how people from this region lived and worked. You can see how these customs still matter to both German and Polish communities today.

The museum stands in Ratingen-Hösel, directly opposite the old "Haus Oberschlesien" building, which now houses the Stiftung Haus Oberschlesien. The 1998 exhibition building, designed by Cologne architects Walter von Lom & Partner, consists of three adjoining cubes and is barrier-free. The permanent exhibition occupies two levels, while temporary exhibitions are on the ground floor; the lower level holds escape rooms and a depot.

The museum's library, opened in the early 1990s, grew into the Specialised Information Centre Silesia–Moravia–Bohemia in 2008. It holds historical maps, source editions, complete runs of current Polish- and Czech-language periodicals from Silesia, and works by writers such as Heinz Piontek and scholars Alois M. Kosler and Robert Samulski.